Stowe, a description of the house and gardens of the most noble and puissant prince, George Grenville Nugent Temple , 1788
- Title(s):
- Stowe, a description of the house and gardens of the most noble and puissant prince, George Grenville Nugent Temple : Marquis of Buckingham, Earl Temple, Viscount and Baron Cobham.
- Edition:
- A new edition, with all the alterations and improvements that have been made therein, to the present time.
- Published/Created:
- Buckingham : Printed and sold by B. Seeley, sold also by G.G.J. and J. Robinson, Pater-noster Row, London, and T. Hodgkinson, at the New Inn at Stowe, 1788.
- Physical Description:
- 54, [2] pages, [21] leaves of plates (some folded) : illustrations ; 21 cm
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsNA7625.S86 S86 1788Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter[Request]
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/12223669
- Classification:
- Books
- Notes:
- "Embellished with a general plan of the gardens, and also a separate plan of the house, and of each building, with perspective views of the same".
Dedication signed: B. Seeley.
Engravings by Gabriel (?) Smith; after B. Seeley and W. Fairchild.
Illustrations include "prints drawn in perspective by B. Seeley ... also a plan of the house and offices, and plans of the buildings in the gardens" by W. Fairchild.
Internal plates matching text numbered I-XI.
English short title catalogue, T70901
Includes publisher's advertisement, page [55].
BAC: British Art Center copy bound in 20th-century quarter calf and marbled boards. - Subject Terms:
- Architecture, Domestic -- Great Britain -- Early works to 1800.Buckingham (England) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- Early works to 1800.Buckingham, George Nugent Temple Grenville, Marquess of, 1753–1813 -- Homes and haunts.Country homes -- Great Britain -- Early works to 1800.Hodgkinson, T., -- Publisher.Landscape gardening -- Great Britain.Painting -- Private collections -- Great Britain -- Early works to 1800.Stowe Gardens (England) -- Early works to 1800.Stowe House (Buckinghamshire, England) -- Early works to 1800.
- Form/Genre:
- Guidebooks.
Engravings -- 1788. - Export:
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